Improvement in trunks



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Improvement in Trunks.

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Letters Patent No. 114,485, dated May 2, 1871.

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I, JOSEPH STANTON, ofthe city of Buialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Traveling-Trunks, of 'which the following is a specification.

Figure I is a sectional elevation of the body of the truuk with the lid opened.

Figure II is a plan View of the body ofthe trunk. Figure III is a sectional elevation at right angles to Fig. L

Figures IV and V are detached views of the hinge connecting the diaphragm ofthe cover to the latter.

Like letters designate like parts of each of the figures.

The body and cover of my improved trunk are constructed of plates of sheet-steel, strengthened and held in place by internal metallic frames.

A represents a single sheet, forming the sides and the bottom ofthe body ofthe trunk.

B B are the sheets forming the ends thereof.

The uppexends of these three sheets are riveted to an internal rectangular frame, C, made of iron, the corners of which are preferably strengthened by braces c.

The edges formed by the intersection of the sheets A and B are stifiened by internal end frames I), to which said sheets are secured by rivets.

If desired, these end frames D may be cnuected to the frame O by corner braces similar to those'shown at c.

The cover or lid is constructed substantially as the' body of the trunk.

Arepresents the piece oi'- sheet-steel forming the top and sides, and

B B represent the end sheets. j These sheets are riveted to internal frames, C' and D', constructed and arranged as the trames() and D in the body ofthe truuk.

In order to protect this trunk from the injurious inuences-of the vatmosphere it is painted or covered with leather or any other suitablematerial.

'The comparative strength and lightness of sheetsteel and the rigidity of the internal iron frames combine to make this improved truuk capable of withstanding severe shocks without injury, while its weight does not exceed that of vtrunks now in use.

E represents a thin wooden diaphragm hinged to the cover ofthe trunk.

A narrow strip of' board, c, is securedto the edge of this diaphragm, as shown in the drawing.

The part of the hinge attached to the diaphragm is represented iuFig. IV. It consists of a leaf or angleplate, F, provided with knuckles f, formed by bending the leaf at the corner or angle and cutting out part of the bent portion.

A piu, g, is rigidly secured in said knuckles.

The angle-leaf is secured to the diaphragm and strip e, which forms a reliable connection and overcomes the difficulty which `has heretofore existed in attaching the hinge, owing to the thinness of the diaphragm. h is the part of the hinge attached to the cover of the trunk. The knuckle of this part is made partially open, so as to allow the parts of the hinge to be hooked'together and the diaphragm engaged or disengaged, as required.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, a trnukmade of plain or corrugated plates of metal; but

I claim as my invention- 1. Atraveling-trunk, composed of a sheet-steel covering, A B A B', and iron frames C D C' D', constructed and arranged as hercinbef'ore set forth.

2. The construction and arrangement, with the diaphragm E of a trunk, of the angle-plate F, formed with a knuckle, f, and constitutingl one portion of the hing of said diaphragm, as hereinbefore set forth.

Witnesses: JOSEPH STANTON.

JN0. J. BONNEB, J As. MCGARTY. 

